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This Miami Irish Singer, a native of Ireland, is one of the greatest Irish traditional fiddlers alive today. He learned his music from his father, a renowned fiddle and concertina player from County Clare. After years of careful study and practice, he began his recording and touring career at age sixteen. That year he won first place in the prestigious "Fiddler of the Year" competition and recorded his first album, a duet with his brother.

Miami Irish Singer tours

Since that time, he has toured Europe, the US, Canada and South America, and was a member of several influential Irish groups, including "Patrick Street" and the legendary folk group "Planxty." This Miami Irish Singer was a presenter of the "Pure Drop" series for Irish TV and has appeared several times with the Grammy award winning Irish group, "The Chieftains." In the US, he has performed several times on Garrison Keillor's national radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion."

In recent years he received the prestigious "Florida Folk Heritage Award" as well as the "Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in Folk Arts Award." This Miami Irish Singer is currently the TG4 Irish traditional musician of the year, having been awarded the "Gradam Ceoil TG4 2006 Irish Musician of the Year" award in recognition of his outstanding musicianship and contributions to Irish music (TG4 is Ireland's Irish-language TV station).

Miami Irish Singer albums

He has 18 albums to his credit and recently released his latest recording. He is currently working on a teaching DVD for fiddle students, as well as compiling his over 800 compositions for publication. This Miami Irish Singer continues to tour with some of Irish music's leading accompanists.